名詞 installment plan:

1. a system for paying for goods by installments
   同義詞：installment buying, time plan

1. A detachable slip calling for periodic payments, as for merchandise bought on an installment plan.
   分期付款聯(lián)票要求分期付款的可分離紙條，為付給以分期付款計劃買來的東西
2. Buy goods on the installment plan have become epidemic in recent year.
   近幾年來，用分期付款的辦法購物十分流行。